In the Merry, Merry Month of May

May was quite an exciting month in the Cashatt household. First of all, I got my new awesome job after searching for over a year. We also got to spend time with both of our moms on Mother's Day weekend, AND it was my birthday! (which will be a whole other separate post) In addition to that excitement, we also had a few other things going on:

If you know anything about TV, you know that ratings are what determines whether a show gets to stay on the air or not. What you may not know is that the ratings are run by a company called Nielsen. Well, I was contacted by the company back in April to keep a TV diary. So, for one week in May I wrote down EVERYTHING I watched. Now, I already knew that I watched a lot of tv, so I wasn't too surprised to see my diary quickly fill up during the afternoons and evenings. Anyway, it was kind of fun, and I would love for them to send me a Nielsen box so I can be a permanent part of the ratings, like my mom!

Our friend Tara has a Cornhole Tournament every year near Memorial Day weekend. Jamie is always my partner (duh) and this year we won two games, which obviously is not much, but it's the most we've done! So next year our goal is three... we'll see how that goes :-)  There are no pictures of us actually playing, but here's April and me (and doggie Ren) waiting for our next games.

And this is the cornhole board that hated me: at least half of my bags slid off the back of the board!

Although we didn't win the cornhole tourney, I DID win something else last month. One of my favorite blogs (see my name here!), The A Cappella Blog, did a bracket contest for the International Competition of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA). They have quarterfinals, semifinals and finals, somewhat similar to March Madness. Anyway, I filled out my bracket with who I thought would place in the top two for each competition. I did so well I got second place! And so, I won a copy of the Best of College Acappella (BOCA) 2012. It's a compilation put out every year of the top recordings from around the country and I haven't gotten one in several years, so I was very excited to receive a free one! Here's the tracklisting, in case you're interested:






I also got to go to the End of Year Author's Celebration for the class I was the long term sub for. It was so fun to hear all their amazing writing and how much growth they've had even just from when I was there. I loved seeing their sweet little faces and am so excited that I will get to see them around school next year!


So, as you can see, it's been a busy past few weeks and I enjoyed every minute of it!

Save "The Sing-Off!"

If you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you probably know two things by now:

1. I was in a college a cappella group and love the musical form.
2. I love television.

3 years ago NBC put those two loves together and created "The Sing-Off," which I have also blogged about here numerous times.

Well, if you haven't heard by now, NBC has decided not to air the show again next year. It's stupid and understandable at the same time. Even if they didn't pick it back up for a full season like they did this year, then they should at least put it back in its three week miniseries form.

Anyway, here's where you come in. A petition has been started to save the show. There are currently over 12,000 signatures, but we need so many more! Even if you've only seen the show once or twice, if you enjoyed it, please sign! This series has been SO important to the spread and awareness of a cappella and they just produced their most marketable winner yet!

Here is the link to the petition: Save the Sing Off!

And if you are not yet a fan of a cappella, watch this video of this season's winners, Pentatonix. It is epic.

Here are some more reasons to celebrate "The Sing Off"-- Celebrating The Sing Off

What are you waiting for? Go sign!